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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Was talking to a parent a back to school night whose older kid is a freshman at UVA and wants to do pre-med.  All I heard was complaints: classes are huge, [b]kid could not register for the classes that they wanted[/b], kid is unhappy.  DC is a junior now.  Right now they are sort of middle of the pack as far as grades and other stats for UVA.  Want to do pre-med but aren't sure they even want to apply to UVA - more interested in W&M.  Is what this person said in line with your experience?  We won't push the kid to apply to UVA if they are not interested. Our in-state alternatives are W&M, VCU and GMU.  Will look out of state otherwise - kid is interested in science-oriented SLACs and mid-size research universities.  Would love to go to Hopkins, but it's probably a dream.[/quote]

Warning re course registration.  Cannot speak for SLAC/LAC but going by our kids and their friends at other VA state universities, and some mid-size out of state universities, it looks quite normal for freshman not to always get all the courses they want to.  
Upper class students have the first pick and freshman coming with lots of AP credit wanting to start out in more advanced courses will get the "leftovers".  They are still courses they need for their majors, but maybe not the first choice.  
Flexibility and having back-ups is definitely helping.  At the end the will graduate and have all the credits they need, even at the larger state colleges  :wink: [/quote]

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